communiquer

\kɔ.my.ni.ke\

/\kɔ.my.ni.ke\/ verb

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The verdict

“communiquer” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,988. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,988
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rendre commun à, faire part de, transmettre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-communiquer · communiquer · French

communiquer · rank #3,988 · 14 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,988
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH chaude

Nearest frequency peer: chaude (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « communiquer »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « communiquer » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

communiquer vs communier
82% similar
communiquer vs communiqué
82% similar
communiquer vs communiquée
82% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for communiquer
PropertyValue
Headwordcommuniquer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kɔ.my.ni.ke\
Letters11
Frequency rank#3,988
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « communiquer »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).communiquerse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « chaude » (#3,987), « consulter » (#3,989), « cardinal » (#3,985). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « communiquer » est au #3,988. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around communiquer (IPA \kɔ.my.ni.ke\), averb. Corpus frequency is #3,988 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for communiquer, with forms such as "ccommuniquer", "cmomuniquer", and "commnuiquer". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "communier", "communiqué", "communiquée", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is communiquer, spelled C-O-M-M-U-N-I-Q-U-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rendre commun à, faire part de, transmettre.
  2. 2
    Transmettre.
  3. 3
    Faire connaître.
  4. 4
    Entrer facilement en conversation avec quelqu’un.
  5. 5
    Se mettre en relation avec.
  6. 6
    Être en rapport au moyen de.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how communiquer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Il est de fait que le mercure sur lequel on fait bouillir de l’eau, communique à ce liquide la vertu la plus vermifuge.
  2. La flamme se communiqua aussitôt de la mèche au papier, qui en un instant fut consumé.

This word in other languages

communicate(English)comunicar(Español)anschließen(Deutsch)comunicar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccommuniquer
  • cmomuniquer
  • commnuiquer
  • commuinquer
  • communiqeur
  • communiqquer
  • communiquerr
  • communiqure
  • communiuqer
  • communniquer
  • communqiuer
  • comumniquer
  • comuniquer
  • ocmmuniquer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of communiquer - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ccommuniquer1cmomuniquer2commnuiquer2commuinquer2communiqeur2communiqquer1communiquerr1communiqure2
Edit distance from "communiquer"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "communiquer"?
"communiquer" is spelled C-O-M-M-U-N-I-Q-U-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.my.ni.ke\.
What does "communiquer" mean?
As a verb, "communiquer" means: Rendre commun à, faire part de, transmettre.
What words are commonly confused with "communiquer"?
"communiquer" is commonly confused with "communier", "communiqué", "communiquée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "communiquer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "communiquer" is \kɔ.my.ni.ke\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "communiquer" come from?
"communiquer" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "communiquer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

automatique#3,984enseignants#3,992exemplaires#3,994fantastique#3,995

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

consulter14 variantssupporters14 variantsprésentée14 variantspartisans14 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list